Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो देवि मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । सप्त जन्मानि विप्रत्वं शूद्रस्यापि प्रजा यते

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro devi mucyate brahmahatyayā | sapta janmāni vipratvaṃ śūdrasyāpi prajā yate

Translation

اے دیوی! جو شخص وہاں اشنان کرتا ہے وہ برہماہتیا کے پاپ سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔ حتیٰ کہ شودر کے گھر جنم لینے والا بھی سات جنموں تک برہمنیت حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from/with (the sin of) brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्यā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्तार्थे (because of/with respect to)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; ‘जन्मानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जन्मानि: births
• जन्मानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विप्रत्वम्: brahminhood
• विप्रत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शूद्रस्य: of a Śūdra
• शूद्रस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (inclusion/emphasis)

• प्रजा: offspring, progeny
• प्रजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यते: arises/comes about
• यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘याति’ अर्थे (goes/comes to be)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhodaka (at Śaṃkhāvartta)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees bathe in a conch-shaped sacred pool; the water glows; a symbolic dark stain (sin) dissolves from the bather; in the background, Viṣṇu’s presence is felt through conch and chakra emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkhodaka/Śaṃkhāvartta tīrtha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage joined with sacred bathing is portrayed as a powerful purifier, restoring the soul toward dharma and higher spiritual eligibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing merit is attributed to the Śaṃkhāvartta/Śaṅkhodaka tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is prescribed as a means of purification and expiation.